Gamsters and race-horses never last long.
GEORGE HERBERTA dead Bee maketh no Hony.
More George Herbert Quotes
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The Mr. absent, and the house dead.
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With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.
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Thou that hast given so much to me give me one thing more, a grateful heart: not thankful when it pleaseth me, as if Thy blessings had spare days, but such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
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To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.
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The reasons of the poore weigh not. [The reasons of the poor weigh not.]
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Giving is dead, restoring very sicke.
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Of all smells, bread; of all tastes, salt.
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Reason lies betweene the spurre and the bridle. [Reason lies between the spur and the bridle.]
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It’s no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.
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He that staies does the businesse.
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In solitude, be a multitude to thyself. Tibullus by all means use sometimes to be alone.
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Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.
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A penny spar’d is twice got.
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
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When it thunders, the theefe becomes honest. [When it thunders, the thief becomes honest.]
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